Four people were taken to the hospital Monday after a construction rig toppled onto three vehicles and a construction container in Miami, trapping two workers and igniting a vehicle fire, authorities said.Miami Fire Rescue responded to the scene in the city's popular Brickell neighborhood near Southeast 12th Street and Brickell Bay Drive after the drilling rig collapsed at around 8 a.m."Miami Fire Rescue responded after a drilling rig fell onto three vehicles near SE 12 Street and Brickell Bay Drive," Miami Fire Rescue said in a post on X. "The Technical Rescue Team units worked to safely free two trapped victims in a crushed container.Fortunately, the 4 patients transported were in stable condition."MIAMI WAITRESS ACCUSED OF EXTORTION & THREATENING TO SEND INTIMATE PICS AFTER LEARNING SHE WAS THE OTHER WOMANFour people were taken to the hospital Monday after a construction rig toppled onto three vehicles and a construction container in Miami.
(@CityofMiamiFire via X)Firefighters rescued two construction workers, ages 27 and 29, who were trapped inside the crushed construction container, Miami Fire Chief Robert Hevia said during a news conference.Crews simultaneously extinguished a fire that erupted after the rig crushed a BMW, Hevia said."To be able to see the crane falling, pull the car in reverse and pop out of the back while the car’s on fire, really incredible," he said, describing how the BMW's driver managed to escape the burning vehicle.The rig also crushed two unoccupied parked vehicles, he said.CRANE ARM COLLAPSES INTO MIAMI CONDO ROOFTOP POOL AREA AS WORKERS CLING TO DANGLING STRUCTUREFirefighters extinguished a blaze that erupted after the rig crashed onto a BMW, according to Hevia.(@CityofMiamiFire via X)The two workers, the 47-year-old rig operator and the BMW driver were all taken to local hospitals with minor injuries, he said.
Hevia also said all 18 construction workers at the site were accounted for."It was a very complex scene with a fire...